A light has dawned
Our new CD is set for release in April 2026 It features great music by Phillipe de Monte, a setting of the mass based on the madrigal Ancor che col … Read more
Massaino
August 2025
The end of the summer brings hints of the autumn richness to come. It is tinged with feelings around the start of a new academic year, of putting away the … Read more
Love Divine – Renaissance and contemporary music for voices
Notes from a review Subtitled “Renaissance and Contemporary Choral Works,” this disc follows on from the choral ensemble luminatus’ O beata Virgo Maria, reviewed previously by William Kempster in Fanfare 48:1. I agree … Read more
Love Divine – new CD released February 2025
Love Divine features music by Phillipe de Monte, drawing on a motet by Cipriano de Rore. Musical material is embedded throughout this parody mass, which reflects a mature and assured … Read more
The music of Tiburtio Massaino
Massaino was probably born in Cremona around 1550. Little else is known about the Massaino family, except he had a brother named Luke, who was head of the Venetian soldiers … Read more